Mechanical toy



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I MECHANICAL TOY Filed Aug. 15, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR f3,

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nner-[Antonia TOY Application filed August 15,1928, Serial No. 399,779;

My invention relates to mechanical toys and refers particularly to toys in which one of the elements is capable of acrobatic movements.

. "5 The object of my invention is a toy in which a spring driven motor will cause one of the elements of the device tohave a movement suggestive of an acrobatic trapeze performer; Toys of this generalcharacter are known,

but my device because of its peculiar construction causes movements to the toy, or acrobatic element, not obtainable by the previously known devices and which give my device novel and attractive values.

I prefer to have the acrobatic member of my device made in semblance toa human being, and I have found that if the pivotal arms of such a toy be pivotally carried by reciprocatingly movable suspended arms, and fur-' ther if, the toy be maintained in a practically vertical normal position by a weighted bar positioned beyond the suspending arms, a'

reciprocating movement of the suspending arms will cause the toy to assume numerous acrobatic positions. 1 v I have found that the use of a weighted bar as indicated above has further advantages inthat it can be employed to give a: sudden change of movement of the suspended arms, thus giving a sudden impetus to the toy and causing it to rapidly change its position.

These and other advantagesof my device will be evident upon a consideration of my specification and accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawingsillustrating one form of the device of our invention similar parts are designated by similar numerals.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Figure 2 is a front elevation of Figure 1. -The particular form of the device of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings comprises two upright tJ-shaped supports 10, 10, the upper extremities of which are turned over forming ring shaped members through which the rocking rod 11 passes. The uprights 10, 1O retained in triangular position, as shown, by means of a stay-rod 11, which for convenience in packing the device is revolubly attached to one bottom member 12 and has an open hook end capableof placementaround the other bot.- t'om member 12. r i

Fixedly attached to one support 101 is a spring motor, comprising the revolubl'e shaft 1 13 carrying the spring l t and thegear wheel 15. A revoluble shaft- 16 carries the gear "17 meshing with the gee-r15 and a gear 18,- the latter meshing with a gear 19 carried by the revoluble. shaft 20. A key 21 serves to 'revolve the shaft 13 and wind the spring 14.

The outer portion: :of the shaft 20 is bent into a crank-arm 22, the end portion-23 of which passes through along 24 in the driving arm 25. a Fixedly attached to' the revoluble shaft 11 is an extended: arm-;26, a: pin 27 passing through an opening in the arm 26 and a longitudinal opening 28 in the driving'arm 25.: 7

'Fixedly attachedto the revoluble shaft 11 aretwo L-shapedsuspended members 29, 29. The two lower arms 30,30 of the L-shaped members 29, 29-pass through the extremities of the arms 31, 31 of the toy,sa'id arms 31, 31 being. pivotallyattached to the body 32 which carries the pivotally. attached legs 33, 33.

itudinal open Fixedly attached-to each arm 31 and extending forwardly therefrom is a weight supporting rod 34, the extremities of the two rods 34 carrying a'rod 35 each end of which carries a weight 36.: It will thus be seen (Figure 1') that normally the toy is in. a practically vertical position.

7 The distance between the extremities of the two L-shaped members'is sufiicient to allow-the swinging body to pass therethrough. The-lengths of the driving rod 25 issuch that while the crank-arm 22 makes complete revol.ut-ions,,the arm 26 has'a reciprocating movement of about degrees as shown in- Figure 1, 26' and 26".

The shaft .11 carries the twosleeves 37 each= having an opening therein through I which the governor 38 may be passed and is power of the spring motor, andphence, the

slower the movement of the shaft 11. g

The operation of the device is as follows When the spring-motor is wound and released the revolution of the crank arm 22 causes a reciprocating movement of the arms 26, 26 and the shaft 11, giving the suspending arms 29, 29 and the toy a reciprocating swinging movement.

At the end of each movement of the arms 26,

26, a sudden impulse is given the suspending ure, a cross-bar connecting the extended ends of said counter-weight arms, said toy figure being capable of revolution around its pivotal connections with said suspending arms Between said suspending arms and said cross- Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this th F igure'2,

members 29, 29 due to the change of direc 10 tion of movement, thus causing the top to 3 rapidly change its position upon the arms'29, 29

day of, August, 1928.

CHIHIRO'KATAGIRI.

If it were not for the counter-Weights 36, 36 the toy would have simply a revoluble 5 movement, but these Weights, being 'out of vertical alignment with the arms 29, 29, cause the toy to have a wide variety of graceful and grotesque movements not otherwise obtainable. go 7 Further while the toy may pass through the opening between the suspending members 30, 30, the weight supporting rod 37 frequent- 1y acts as a trapeze to momentarily catch and hold the toy as shown in dotted lines in I do not limit myself to the particular size, shape, number or arrangement of parts as 1 shown and described as these are given simply as a means for clearly describing the device of my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a mechanical toy, in combination, a support, a rock shaft carried by said support, means capable of imparting a rocking movement to said rock shaft, two spaced parallel L-shapedsuspending arms fixedly attached to' said shaft, a toy figure having pivotal arms each pivotally attached to an extended portion of one of said suspending arms and capable of complete revolution between said suspending arms, and an extended counter weight attached to said toy arms.

2. In a mechanical toy, in combination, a support, a rock shaft carried by said support, means capable of imparting a rocking movement to said rock shaft, two spaced parallel L-shaped suspending arms each fixedly attached to said shaft, a toy figure havingpivotal'arms pivotally attached to an extended portion of one of said suspending arms and I 115 capable of complete revolution between said suspending arms, and an extended counter weight attached to said toy arms, retaining said toy and said counterweight upon opposite sides of said suspending arms when the device is at rest.

3. In a mechanical toy, in combination, a support, a rock shaft carried by said support, means adapted to impart a rocking movement to said rock shaft, two spaced parallel suspending arms fixedly attached to said shaft, a toy figure having pivotal arms, each pivotally attached to an extended portion of one of said suspending arms, two extended counterweight arms carried by said toy fig- 

